Currawarna

Currawarna
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Currawarna is located in New South Wales
Currawarna
Currawarna
Coordinates: 35°01′S 147°04′E / 35.017°S 147.067°E / -35.017; 147.067
CountryAustralia
StateNew South Wales
LGA
Location
Government
 • State electorate
Elevation
180 m (590 ft)
Population
 • Total189 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode
2650
CountyBourke

Currawarna is a rural community in the central east part of the Riverina. It is situated by road, about 6 kilometres north west of Millwood and 32 kilometres south of Coolamon. At the 2016 census, Currawarna had a population of 189 people.[1]

The place name Currawarna is derived from the Wiradjuri aboriginal language meaning "pine tree".[2]

Currawarna Post Office opened on 1 August 1899 and closed in 1979.[3]

Currawarna River Winery & restaurants

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Currawarna (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "Currawarna". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  3. ↑ Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 24 January 2021

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